Whether you’re getting your kicks on Route 66 or driving up the California Coast, you need to have a great playlist ready for some fun Careoke!
Packing for that road trip is time consuming enough, so I’ve put together a list of 15 essential songs for your summer road trip playlist:
1. Life is a Highway by Tom Cochrane
2. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes
3. Hotel California by The Eagles, also, this cover by Ska Daddyz.
4. Love Shack by The B-52s
5. Bennie and the Jets by Elton John
6. On the Road Again by Willie Nelson
7. Boys of Summer by Don Henley or this cover by the Ataris
8. Cruisin’ by Smokey Robinson, or this cover by Huey and Gwyneth
9. I’ve Been Everywhere by Johnny Cash
10. Highway to Hell by AC/DC
11. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers
12. Ventura Highway by America
13. Ticket to Ride by The Beatles
14. One Week by The Barenaked Ladies, aka my Karaoke Jam
15. Homeward Bound by Simon and Garfunkel
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